I think this book was intended for young adults or even adults. The main issue in this book is a little girl named Martha grows up different then many other children and has a hard time making desicions not knowing right or wrong. It takes place at Taylor Hill where her house and school are locat...
Well, where to start? A friend had posted about a similar book she was reading, as she was working her way through a list of 1001 children's books one should read. The book she read reminded me of one I wanted to re-read, but couldn't find. I couldn't remember the name or author, but could rem...
"Inside the Worm" is another childhood/young adult "classic" for me. It has that fantastic atmosphere for me, still. The pictures (finnish edition by Karisto) in the beginning of chapters work well in setting the mood as the plot thickens.A class of teenage school children are going to perform a ...
This didn’t make me unflappable, but I had simmered down a bit which was just as well, since it was time to carry out my third assignment. In stories, agents never receive their instructions on lavatory doors. It felt disrespectful, and I wondered whether the chaps who don’t mess around had chose...
The wood was close to Theseus’s house, which made it handy. Oberon had chosen it for the same reason. He was king of the fairies, and wanted to bless the happy couple, too. Trouble was, he and Titania were in the middle of a terrific row over an Indian boy that she had and he coveted. Cottingley ...
Thursday, Harry and Rob took a detour on the way home to check out Wilton Water. The level was down a bit, but the main change was that the footpath round the reservoir had been sealed off at both ends by high mesh fences. ‘Bummer!’ growled Rob, hooking his fingers through the mesh and shaking it...
Mr Hepworth had fixed a large map of the coast to the wall. He pointed. ‘Here’s Whitby, where we are. And here,’ he slid his finger northward along the coastline, ‘is Staithes, where the coach will drop us this morning. Staithes used to be an important fishing port like Whitby, and there are stil...
Lee laughed out loud and slapped his knees as Bart Simpson pulled down his jeans and mooned the Prime Minister of Australia while a band somewhere struck up The Star-Spangled Banner. Mega! Way to go, Bart. Best episode ever, this. ‘Lee!’ Oh-oh. ‘Yes, Dad?’ ‘I’ll give you “yes dad”. Get down here ...